Athos, Porthos or Aramis?

Walgreens

• 2 Kotex Maxi Pads (14-24 ct) $3 each, used $2 off 2 coupon (1/10 SS), got back $3 RR (WYB 2) and will submit for $4 Panty Challenge = $3 profit
• Super Poligrip Original (0.75 oz) $2, used $1 coupon (1/3 RP) and got back $2 RR = $1 profit
• Walgreens raisins $1
• Used $6 RR, total was $0.14

Then I bought

• Schick Quattro Titanium Razor $8.99, got back $3 RR and will send away for Try Me Free rebate (2/7 SS) = $3 profit
• Five 3 Musketeers candy bars $0.49 each with in-circular coupon, buy four and get back $1.50 RR (monthly deal) = $0.46 for three or $0.15 each
• Total was $1.24

At another store I repeated this transaction but used a $3 Schick RR (duh!) so the new one didn't print. I didn't realize what happened at first, but a manager voided the transaction and I bought everything again minus the $3 RR. They let me keep both $1.50 RR's.

• Schick Quattro Titanium Razor $8.99, got back $3 RR and will send away for Try Me Free rebate (2/7 SS) = $3 profit
• Five 3 Musketeers candy bars $0.49 each with in-circular coupon, buy four and get back $1.50 RR (monthly deal) = $0.46 for three or $0.15 each
• Used $6 RR, total was $4.24

Rite Aid - these are hard to find at RA. Seems like the stores have been putting them on endcaps, not with the body wash so be sure to look around.

• Dove Men's Care $4.00, used $1.75 coupon (1/31 RP) and will get back $4 (SCR #52) = $1.75 profit

CVS *Had some EB's that were expiring otherwise I would have probably passed on the deals this week

• Reach Total Care $3.99, used BOGO coupon (12/6 or 1/3 RP) and got back $4 EB (Limit 2) = FREE/$0.01 profit
• 5 Nabisco crackers $10, used five $1 coupons (1/24 SS) and got back $3 EB (Limit 1) = $2 or $0.40 each
• Used $3 EB and $5 EB, total was $1.55

Quick Walgreens Trips

Walgreens

• 2 Kotex Maxi Pads (14-24 ct) $3 each, used $2 off 2 coupon (1/10 SS), got back $3 RR (WYB 2) and will submit for $4 Panty Challenge = $3 profit
• Dove Mens Body Wash $5.99, used $1.50 coupon (I got one as a homemailer from Dove) or $1.25 coupon (or $1.75 coupon if your cashier allows 1/31 RP) or $1 coupon and get back $6 RR = $1.50 profit
• Super Poligrip Original (0.75 oz) $2, got back $2 RR = FREE
• Eggs $0.99
• Used $10 RR, total was $2.04

Then DBF bought

• Dove Mens Body Wash $5.99, used $1.25 coupon (1/31 RP) or $1 coupon and got back $6 RR = $1.25 profit
• Schick Quattro Titanium Razor $8.99, got back $3 RR and will send away for Try Me Free rebate (2/7 SS) = $3 profit
• Milky Way candy bar $0.49
• Used $2 RR and $10 RR, total was $3.30

I didn't get papers today (will buy my coupons online). Can anyone confirm for me that this razor will qualify for this rebate?

I got back some rebates this week - $70 for a McAfee rebate and two $9.99 Bioluxe rebates. They all came as prepaid gift cards so DBF and I used two to get two free Redbox movies (use code - DVDONME). You can use the code multiple times, as long as you use different credit cards each time.

Itsy-Bitsy Panties

A&P - wanted to take advantage of the great Pepsi deal

• 4 Pepsi 12 packs $5 for all of them!
• 2 Tostitos $2.50 each *both these prices are only when you spend $15 on other stuff
• Milk $2.04
• 2 English muffins $1.99 each
• 8 Friskies cat treats four for $5, used four BOGO coupons (1/24 SS, cashier took off max price of $1.71 each) = $3.16 or $0.39 each
• Total was $20.03

Walmart - picked up four packages of the cat litter stuff we use for $4.73 each

Walgreens - bought three of these. The multipacks work too, but the sale ends today (2/5)

• Bayer Contour Blood Glucose Meter $14.99, used freebie coupon (10/25 RP) and got back $10 RR = $10 profit

At another store, I got:

• Scalpicin Medicated Wipes (12 pk) $5.99, got back $6 RR = FREE
• Hanes undies $6.99
• $10 Walgreens gift card - tried to just put $8 on it, but apparently the minimum is $10
• Used two $10 RR's, total was $3.40

This transaction was a bit of a mess

• Vitamin Water Lip Care $1.99 (Acai 0.14 0z., Dragon Fruit 0.14 oz., Fruit Punch 0.14 oz., Lemonade 0.14 oz or Strawberry Kiwi 0.14 oz.), got back $2 RR = FREE/$0.01 profit
• $10 Walgreens gift card
• 3 Scotch bubble mailers $0.39 each with in-circular coupon
• 2 Jiffy muffin mixes $0.50 each with in-circular coupon
• Dulcolax $13.49, used $3 coupon on package and could send away for $5 rebate (form on package) but I think I may just return this. Wasn't expecting it to be so much
• Used two $10 RR's, total was $4.01
  

When I opened up the Hanes, I was very surprised to see how itty-bitty these things are! My boyfriend was convinced I'd bought kids underwear by accident. These are streeeetttttccccchhhhhyyyyyy! Not very comfortable though. I don't think I'll be buying any more any time soon.

Moneymaking Candy

Kmart - was chatting with the nicest lady in line today. As we were waiting, a cashier came over to me and told me to go to her line (she was just opening her register) but the lady behind me scooted over and cut me off. I sighed and stayed where I was. The woman who was then behind me sighed too and said - well, wasn't that nice? Another register was open to the right of us with an elderly woman ringing people up. She said - you should go over to that line. I said, that's ok, why don't you go? She says (quietly) - I have to pay with a check and I'm afraid I'll confuse her! (the cashier was struggling to ring up her current customer) I told her that I was afraid my coupons might put her into a tizzy and I was afraid to go to her line also. haha Saw this deal on Queen's blog

• 4 Hershey's Pieces candies (found near register in a special display, not with the candy) $2 each, used three $1 coupons (1/31 SS) = $7.70 total
• Register printed a rebate form for a "$10 Kmart gift card towards the purchase of Hershey's" (strange huh?) = $2.30 profit

Repeated to do rebate under DBF's address, although the rebate says its a limit of 4 per address. Just looks like you have to send each form in separately. Rebate is good until 2/6.

Walgreens

• Bayer Contour Blood Glucose Meter $14.99, used freebie coupon (10/25 RP) and got back $10 RR = $10 profit (then bought another one separately)

Finally used up a $5 raincheck I've had since last April. It was unusual for the manager to give me this, so other stores have been reluctant to take it and I rarely go to this particular store.

• 5 x 7 picture frame - clearanced to $6.59, $1.59 after the raincheck and $1.70 with tax

I've still been doing a lot of Kohl's shopping, using up the 20 $5 coupons I bought on ebay. I also got a 15% coupon in my email today, and you can use that along with the $5 coupon! When I got to the store today, I was so psyched to see that they're running a promo on top of all that - spend $50, get back $10 Kohl's cash. It was like the perfect storm of Kohl's coupons. I picked up these pants (my fav brand) for $29.99 and this cute top for $24.99 and headed over to the registers. Unfortunately, the 15% coupon is valid starting tomorrow (duh!) so I wasn't able to use it. My total was $49.98 and I got back the $10 cash - that's valid starting 2/7. I'll make some more trips tomorrow and Saturday to use up my coupons (they expire 2/6).

No Snappy Title 2/7 - 2/13

As always, my deals all come from the wonderful folks at HCW, Slick Deals and Erica at iheartcvs.com, iheartriteaid.com and iheartwags.com.

Target - better deal on these razors than CVS or Walgreens

• Gillette Fusion Manual or Venus Embrace Razors $6.99 each, buy two and use two $4 coupons (2/7 P&G) and get back $5 Target gift card (WYB 2) = $0.98 or $0.49 each *You can use your gift card to buy more if you want :) Sign up for Mobile Alerts from Target to get a $2 Target coupon

CVS

• Listerine/Reach Total Care $3.99, buy two Reach and use BOGO coupon (12/6 or 1/3 RP) and get back $2 EB (Limit 2) = FREE/$0.01 profit
• Valentine Photo Cards $1, get back $1 EB (Limit 1) = FREE
• Gillette Fusion Razor $8.99, use $4 coupon (2/7 P&G) and get back $4 EB (Limit 1) = $0.99

February Monthly Deals

• PowerBar Energy Gel Blasts $1.50, use $1 coupon (1/3 SS) and get back $1.50 EB (Limit 1) = $1 profit or FREE without coupon - thanks Gina!

Bonus Packs - They can usually be found in a promo aisle somewhere in the store. The deals are good until 2/14. Here's a list of all qualifying items. For some of these items, the limits have been increased, but if you try to buy all of them at once (ie. buy 6 Soy Joy's at once), you won't get all the EB's. To be on the safe side, try to buy one at a time once you're past the limit listed on the label.

• Nature's Bounty Your Life Multi-vitamins (90 ct) $9.99 each, Fish Oil or Vitamin D (120 count) $9.99 - $7.99 each, BOGO sale, use two $5 coupons and get back $3 EB (WYB 2, Limit 6) = $5.01 to $3.01 profit depending on which you buy
• Glade Fabric & Air Spray $3.99, get back $3 EB (Limit 6) - also qualifies for $5 SC Johnson rebate (WYB 3, Limit 3 offers per household) = $2.03 profit for every three bottles you buy. I bought UPC 0 46500 70475 8 and I was able to use bottles from the regular air freshener aisle. *Be sure to buy no more than three bottles at once. Although you can do the SC Johnson rebate three times, you have to submit each rebate separately.
• Oust Surface Disinfectant & Air Sanitizer $3.99, buy two and use $2 off 2 coupon or BOGO coupon (1/3 SS) and get back $3 EB (Limit 6) = $0.02 profit or $2.01 profit depending on coupon *Also qualifies for $5 SC Johnson rebate (WYB 3, Limit 3 offers per household)
• Soyjoy $6, use $2 off 10 coupon (you'd have to buy 2 boxes to use this, 1/3 SS) get back $6 EB (Limit 6) = $2 profit or FREE without coupon

RiteAid - $5 off $20 coupon or $5 off $25 coupon (Exp. 12/31/10)

• Dove Men's Care $4.00, use $1.50 coupon or $1.25 coupon (or $1.75 coupon if your cashier allows 1/31 RP) or $1 coupon and get back $4 (SCR #52) = $1.50, $1.25 or $1 profit

Walgreens

• Schick Quattro Titanium Razor $8.99, get back $3 RR and send away for Try Me Free rebate (2/7 SS) = $3 profit
• Dove Mens Body Wash $5.99, use $1.50 coupon or $1.25 coupon (or $1.75 coupon if your cashier allows 1/31 RP) or $1 coupon and get back $6 RR = $1.50, $1.25 or $1 profit
• Super Poligrip Original (0.75 oz) $2, use $1.50 coupon or $1 coupon (1/3 RP) and get back $2 RR = $1.50 or $1 profit
• Kotex Pantiliners (48 or 64 ct), Maxi Pads (14-24 ct) or Tampons (18 ct) $3 each, buy two and use $1.50 off 2 coupon (or 1/10 SS), get back $3RR (WYB 2) and submit for $4 Panty Challenge = $2.50 profit
• Nabisco Crackers (4 - 8 oz) $0.99, use $1 coupon (1/24 SS) = FREE *Cashier will probably have to adjust coupon down so YMMV on this deal. Some cashiers won't do this at WAG.
• 3 Musketeers candy bars $0.49 each with in-circular coupon, buy four and get back $1.50 RR (monthly deal) = $0.46 for three or $0.15 each
• Huggies Diapers $8.99, use $2 coupon (1/17 SS) and $1 WAG coupon (from Childrens Activity Book) and get back $3 RR = $2.99 each
• Monthly Deal - but may not be $8.99 all month long. Gillette Fusion or Venus Razor $8.99, use $4 coupon (2/7 P&G) and get back $4 RR = $0.99
• Dozen Eggs $0.99

Walgreens Month Long Deals 1/31 - 2/27

• Joint Juice (30 pouch box) $10, get back $10 RR = FREE

General Printable Rebate Offers

• Caregiver's Marketplace - many rebates for a variety of items
• Dannon Activia Yogurt Challenge - up to $12 back if not satisfied Exp. 3/31/10
• Dulcolax $5 rebate ($3 coupons and TMF hangtags also found on bottles) Exp. 2/28/10
• Just for Men Touch of Gray Haircolor TMF up to $9.50 Exp. 12/31/2010
• Kotex Panty Challenge - if not satisfied with Kotex product, get back $4 for a new pair of undies Exp. 3/20/10
• Method Laundry Detergent with Smart Clean Technology Satisfaction Guarantee Exp. 6/30/10 $2 coupon available here
• Neutrogena Clinical Products up to $15 Exp. 4/31/10 $5 coupon available too
• Olay Pro X - buy $50 worth of facial cleansers or moisturizers and get back $20 Exp. 2/19/10
• Pantene ProV Satisfaction Guarantee - 2x your purchase price (up to $12) Exp. 12/30/2010
• Physician's Formula Bamboo Wear Compact, Mirror & Brush Exp. 12/31/10 *Have to include Try Me Free sticker from the package to qualify
• SC Johnson - Buy three, get back $5 (Limit 3 rebates per household) Exp. 6/30/10 ***Although you can do this rebate three times, each $5 rebate has to be mailed separately (yuck). Be careful how you purchase your items so you have enough receipts.
• Sure Max Deodorant *Must include TMF portion from package Exp. 3/31/10

Where's the Beef?

...still at the store 'cause all I bought was chicken! haha

A couple folks have asked me about the Staples Rewards for buying Duracell batteries back in December. I got my rewards today and DBF got his yesterday, so hopefully they're all in the mail now. Speaking of rebates, I got my Bioluxe rebate back already! I mailed that in on 1/8 and got it yesterday. It came as a Visa prepaid gift card, so I can use it anywhere, not just CVS. I'm thinking I'm going to turn it into a Rite Aid gift card.
ShopRite - bought all this stuff yesterday but after my sister and I enjoyed the three hour Lost-a-thon, I was too tired to post. I hope you can all forgive me. :)

• 4 Mission tortillas $1.49 each, used four $0.75 coupons (1/10 SS) = FREE
• 4 Perdue Turkey Meatballs $1.84 each, used four $0.75 coupons (database shows these were from the 12/6 RP but expired on 1/31, I had no problems using them though!) = $1.36 or $0.34 each
• 3 Perdue Short Cuts $2.49, used three $0.75 coupons (1/10 RP) = $2.97 or $0.99 each
• 5 bags Perdue chicken breasts/strips/nuggets $2.99 each
• 2 Bugles $1.50 each - total impulse buy, I was hungry!
• Golden Delicious apples $0.99/lb = $1.73
• Grapes $0.99/lb = $3.28
• SR Muenster cheese $2.35
• 2 Portuguese rolls $0.55 each
• Got $0.15 bag discount, total was $29.49

CVS - DBF's card

• 2 Dove Men's Care body washes $5.49 each, used two $1.75 coupons (for bar soap but same code as the bottle so no beeps, cashier may veto these in which case you could use the $1.25 coupon in same insert - 1/31 RP), got back $10.98 EB ($5.49 each, Limit 2) = $3.50 profit
• Used $1 EB and $6 EB, total was $1.25

Repeated this same transaction on my card today:

Walgreens - today was a stressful day at work, hence the snacks. I could have spent my RR's on something that would give me more RR's in return, but I just didn't feel like it. It took all my energy to stop here on the way home. I was looking for more Bayer meters but the store was out.

• 2 Tostitos $2 each
• Red Baron pizza $2.50
• Walgreens $10 gift card
• Used $5 RR and $10 RR, total was $1.50 *Buying gift cards with RR's is very YMMV

There's a new Physician's Formula rebate available for the Bamboo Compacts, but you have to have the Try Me Free sticker from the package. Why do they do that anyway? So annoying. I've spotted them at Rite Aid and CVS and the peelies go fast, so if you see them, snag them. That way, you can do the rebate when you want to.

Converting my GOS to Cash

Rite Aid - did two transactions, one for my rebates and one for my boyfriend's rebates

• Blink Gel Tears or Complete Solution $7.99, used $2 coupon (1/31 RP) and will get back $7.99 (SCR #45) = $2 profit
• Advil Liqui-Gels (40 ct) $4.49, used $2 coupon (or 1/31 RP) and will get back $1 (SCR #24) = $1.49
• Profoot Insoles three for $15, used two $1 coupons (couldn't find any with peelie coupons) and will get back $10 (SCR #40, WYB 3) = $3
• Colgate Total Advanced or Total Enamel Strength Toothpaste (4 oz) $2.99, used $0.75 coupon (1/3 SS) and will get back $2 (SCR #3) = $0.24
• Rite Aid scrubber sponges $1.99
• York peppermint pattie $0.88, will submit for this rebate to get a coupon for a free bag of Pieces candy
• Used $5 off $25 coupon and $20 GOS (from previous rebate), total was $1.59

Then I bought:

• Blink Gel Tears or Complete Solution $7.99, used $2 coupon (1/31 RP) and will get back $7.99 (SCR #45) = $2 profit
• Snapple 6 pack $5.99, used $1 coupon (1/31 SS) and will submit for Try Me Free rebate (tearpad rebate found at Walgreens) = $1 profit
• Advil Liqui-Gels (40 ct) $4.49, used $2 coupon (or 1/31 RP) and will get back $1 (SCR #24) = $1.49
• Profoot Insoles three for $15 (couldn't find any with peelie coupons) and will get back $10 (SCR #40, WYB 3) = $5
• Colgate Total Advanced or Total Enamel Strength Toothpaste (4 oz) $2.99, used $0.75 coupon (1/3 SS) and will get back $2 (SCR #3) = $0.24
• Used $5 off $25 coupon and $20 GOS (from previous rebate), total was $5.71

Since I earned the GOS (Gift of Savings) rebates for buying rebate items, they were icing on the cake and pure profit. So when I calculate my savings for these trips, I'm counting them as a coupon rather than a reward. That means my overall profit for transaction one is $19.40 and transaction two is $21.27. Not too shabby!